A, anoun
uk/eɪ/us/eɪ/plural As, A's or a'sA, a noun (LETTER)
[ C or U ] the first letter of the English alphabet
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Letters of alphabets
- alphabetic
- B, b
- C, c
- chi
- D, d
- iota
- J, j
- K, k
- kappa
- L, l
- psi
- Q, q
- R, r
- rho
- S, s
- Y, y
- Z, z
- zed
- zee
- zeta
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A, a noun (MUSIC)
[ C or U ] a note in Western music:
This concerto is in the key of A major.
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Notes of the musical scale
- B, b
- C, c
- D, d
- doh
- E, e
- F, f
- flat
- lah
- lah 1
- major
- mi
- middle C
- minor
- natural
- register
- soh
- sol
- sol-fa
- te
- ti
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A, a noun (MARK)
[ C or U ] a mark in an exam or for a piece of work that shows that your work is considered excellent:
Sophie got an A for English.
She got straight As (= all her marks were As) in her final exams.
Jim is a straight-A student (= all his marks are A).
Idiom(s)
from A to B
from A to Z